"The Coomera campus is going to have another part of it refurbished as well.

"We are in a process of reducing the number of campuses but improving the quality of campuses we have and we will continue to work with the Government as it ultimately makes the decisions it wants to about ownership of campuses and provision of those campuses to students."

Meanwhile, Mr Devine says the federal budget promises benefits for students in his sector.

University students around the country have protested over budget measures which they say would drive up the cost of tertiary education.

Mr Devine says opportunities seem set to improve in the TAFE sector.

"Funding that has previously been the domain of the university sector for degrees and for sub degrees is now going to be available to the TAFE sector," he said.

"The detail's yet to be seen but certainly the access to Commonwealth supported places or funding places is a positive outcome for the TAFE sector and certainly a positive outcome for students on the Gold Coast."